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Comment on MSNBC Commercials – A Smart Response to Right Wing Media by mmetrics1

mmetrics1 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:35:35 +0000

In some respects, I see these commercials as the counter to conservative “talking points.” Still, the question that always occurs to me is, “Do they matter?” Said another way, if both sides are just preaching to mutually exclusive choirs, are these ads making a difference?

I represent a media measurement concern, but I have not yet figured out how to measure THAT.

Comment on Great Foursquare Cheats by Keith Nallawalla (@Nallawalla)

Keith Nallawalla (@Nallawalla) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:06:27 +0000

I think I got banned or something, for about 10 days or so I’ve been unable to get points from check ins and appear to have 0 mayorships instead of 150ish. I’ve even taken gaps of 2 days here and there between attempts and no dice. And yes I cheated.

Comment on Picking the right Cell Phone Provider: AT&T vs Verizon vs Sprint vs T-Mobile by ciaoenrico

ciaoenrico — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:48:56 +0000

Wow – thanks for that! Good rant.

That’s why I’ve avoided contract plans all these years: If you’re locked into a 2-year deal, your provider can pull out almost anything on you. Since none of them are stellar, I avoid them. It’s about the only way to keep from getting nickle and dimed to death.

Comment on Are we done with Paper.li yet? by ciaoenrico

ciaoenrico — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:45:17 +0000

If it were used that way, I wouldn’t have such a problem with it. Unfortunately, the majority of people who run a paper.li do so in absence of any interesting or useful posts the rest of the time. The result is I never click on anyone’s paper.li.

I’m glad you like it and aren’t abusing it yourself, but I have a feeling a lot of the other users of this service have ruined it for everyone else.

Comment on Are we done with Paper.li yet? by Buddy Services

Buddy Services — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:38:45 +0000

Gee, I’m glad I found this. Paper.li does not seem to be a crutch (as is your OH!pinion) for many folks though. Some people DO want to help their followers broadcast what they have an interest in.

Quite frankly, P.LI only picks up what you tell it to pick-up and from where. It not only aggregates from Twitter, but also FB and G+, if you set it up to do so. It’s a great social media tool, (when used properly) to the extent that it helps people find other people, whether they are newbies or experienced users of any popular platform. Just my OH!pinion, of which I have plenty, so I’m happy to share.

Comment on Picking the right Cell Phone Provider: AT&T vs Verizon vs Sprint vs T-Mobile by jay

jay — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:58:54 +0000

oh…and the “free roaming”… yeah, that’s what they told me when I signed up a while back…and was told today that roaming isn”t free if the person I am calling isn’t near one of their towers!
The one thing that is truly free with Sprint is the bs they give out so liberally!

Comment on Picking the right Cell Phone Provider: AT&T vs Verizon vs Sprint vs T-Mobile by jay

jay — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:52:02 +0000

Sprint….hmmm…where do I begin to tell the story of the Sprint-hell they have put me through over the years I have been a “valued customer”? Several times they have charged me “overage” because my alleged “free mobile-to-mobile” was erroneously considered part of my usage minutes. They have added ring-tone charges to my account that I did not order. I have spent hours on the phone with them as they passed me from one rep to another in order to “help me solve” my concerns. If anyone chooses Sprint as their carrier, my advice would be to monitor your bill very closely as their idea of what is “free” likely is not! And they will give you some “valid” reason as to why your cell-to-cell calls end up costing you. But considering the reviews I have read regarding other carriers…maybe the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know,as the saying goes.

Comment on Are we done with Paper.li yet? by Justin Cooney

Justin Cooney — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:38:45 +0000

I agree that it’s basically just a crutch for people who don’t have enough to say themselves. It seems that a lot of services like this are springing up these days in various forms, especially so called content curating services like scoop and PInterest which are basically just ways to scrapbook Web pages. I’m just amazed at the amount of hype surrounding basic bot-like services that require little creativity or thought by the actual user.

Comment on What happened to Utterli? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:44:44 +0000

i miss utterz!!!!!

Comment on Are we done with Paper.li yet? by ciaoenrico

ciaoenrico — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:17:21 +0000

Freeing, isn’t it?